Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep has received the firm North American release date of September 7, 2010. A post on the U.S. PlayStation.Blog revealed the release date in a trailer as well as information regarding a hardware bundle also available on September 7 that includes the following:

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

Unannounced movie unrelated to the series

4GB memory stick PRO duo

“Mystic Silver” PSP-3000 system

The Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep PSP Entertainment Pack will be available at GameStop for the typical $199.99 price point of other PSP bundles currently being offered.

By the same team that developed Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Square Enix’s new Kingdom Hearts title will take players back to the beginning of the saga “long before Sora was chosen by his Keyblade,” according to the game’s website. Players will take on the roles of three aspiring Keyblade Masters: the dignified Terra, the mellow Aqua, and Ventus, who looks eerily like Roxas, a character from previous Kingdom Hearts‘. Alongside new characters and Disney worlds, the newest addition to the series will also feature three new battle systems and four different multiplayer modes:

Versus Mode: Battle against others where it’s every player for themselves.